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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't be surprised if some "smart" team tries to set a new trend this winter by loading up on speed to take advantage of the new rules next year -- not so much the bigger bases, but the limits on pick-off throws. Clubs that are short on power may compensate by taking extra bases with steals. A guy like Turner suddenly becomes way more valuable than a Corey Seager. Jarren Duran may even have increased trade value, just as a pinch runner. This smart team may not necessarily be the Red Sox, but many of the position prospects acquired by Bloom in the past year can really run (and cost a lot less than Schwarber and Renfroe types). Coincidence or foresight?
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    Why not aim higher? Only trade top prospects for a top of the rotation anchor -- BTV accepted: Mayer, Yorke, Houck and Schreiber for Alcantara and Garcia. BTV gave Schreiber a high 20.4 rating, but the Fish might want a younger arm instead (where the Sox' farm is maybe deepest). Dealing Mayer, of course, is entirely contingent upon extending Bogaerts longterm -- which, if it happens, we have to assume Bloom and Co. are confident that any nagging injuries that sapped his production will soon be fully healed. Will another $180 million keep X in Boston? It's not $300M, but still makes him a $30 million-dollar man for the next eight years (an additional $10M per on top of his existing $20M for the next three, plus $30M per for the final five, which will take Bogie through age 38)... is that fair enough?
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    If you believe the scene in Moneyball when the Henry character is recruiting the Beane character, the impetus is eerily similar to the moves and non-moves that have defined Bloom so far in Boston. If Beane did become Red Sox GM, maybe he signs the same crew as Epstein. Or maybe he uses his industry influence to make the ARod trade go through -- the deal that was supposed to send Manny Ramirez and minor league Jon Lester to Texas... That could ultimately only mean no rings in '04, when Manny was WS MVP, or '07, when Lester won the Game 4 clincher.
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    Henry: But you already have us over the tax threshold... there's no turning back now, Billy (oh, wait -- Beane did turn back 20 years ago.. but you're the next best thing). Here, help me untie this knot on my purse-strings.
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    Bloom will not pass up getting two draft picks so will offer each QOs. He knows neither will accept, because someone else will offer multi-years -- good but not elite starters are just affordable to more teams. And as much as the owners might love the job Bloom is doing, I envision a new mandate: Chaim, you're not allowed to ever count on aging pitchers coming back from any major surgeries again. Sign and/or trade only for healthy arms.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sox need at least a two Sixtos, which would be a twelve-pack... but just to be safe, make it a case of starters. Pitching, pitching, bitching. I'm ready.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Man, another Red Sox team hasn't finished last since back in 2020. And you have to go all the way back to 2014/2015 to find back-to-back cellar dwellers in Beantown. Though in 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2018 the Sox finished first. They're hardly ever mediocre.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Carson Coleman is already a better closer than anyone on the Red Sox -- and they're the best last place team in the bigs.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Too bad Cora couldn't make pitchers miss bats, opponent batted balls not miss gloves, and his own hitters touch the ball with a ghost runner on second. Maybe coaches could've held more bunting practices... With the roster Bloom built, and the replacements he added to fill in for injuries, John Henry could've hired Bobby Flay to manage and not even he could use those ingredients to whip up something palatable.
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    It's still hard to know exactly if the current CBO was forced to do business that way because of his predecessor, or because his new boss chose to hire him because that's how he works. Like some posters have already said -- if the Sox are going to stay over the tax limit anyway, why not just spend more for a better product. There's too much finger-pointing at this GM or that one, when we all know the Red Sox' worsts and firsts are all organizational overlaps. Epstein was great, when he was allowed to enhance a roster he inherited that already had Pedro, Manny, Damon, Wake, Lowe and Varitek, etc.
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    This poster sucked. No matter how many free agents I suggested, or trades I proposed, the only guy Bloom eventually added from my lists was Tommy Pham. And I whiffed on that one; Pham's 28.5% K-rate with Boston was higher than Trevor Story's. I like Verdugo, because he has fun when succeeding, and shows visible anger when failing. It's easy for fans to root for a player who looks like he cares as much as those watching him. I also agree with those who said Verdugo's best as a complementary piece. Maybe on a better team he'll have better focus on making better decisions on the bases and where to throw the ball from the outfield... maybe that future club will be the Red Sox.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Barzini's dead. So is Philip Tattaglia. Moe Greene, Strachi - Cuneo. Today we settle all family business…
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    It pretty much sums up Verdugo -- he's always seems almost good. The preceding comment comes via a poster whose ex once called him almost good-looking.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "Devers could easily be MVP caliber for the next 10 years, or just a few years and fall off a cliff. But that's kind of the reality of every good player, what they do in their 30's defines their career. It can be the difference between Nomar or Jeter." Really good point. But one thing Jeter did in his 30s is play on the same team as Mariano Rivera. It's also luck (or skill on the part of management) to stay surrounded by good teammates. This is something the Angels have always struggled to with in the Mike Trout years. Recruiting Rendon, alone, would never be enough support -- and we're seeing, not even Ohtani can help them make the postseason. But they're trying; remember the draft a few years ago when they selected pitchers with every single pick in the first 12 rounds?
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    I'm glad you said Sox and didn't assign blame to one GM, CBO, analytics analyst or owner. Way too much time is spend arguing which way to point fingers, when we all know the woes are organizational failures by many overlapping employees and departments. So what if the Red Sox have the MLB's number 5 payroll -- they need to invest it better so they won't be number 5 in the AL East. Bogaerts, unfortunately, is one of those guys in his 30s who may soon be paid for his past. And yet, whatever he signs for will literally just be his current market value.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    lamo is a Spanish word scramble for "bad."
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    Judge just had one of the greatest seasons of all time. But what's going to be the reaction if the Yankees don't win it all? Will Yankee fans gripe that the season was a failure... because they weren't the one team out of 30 to win the very last game of the year?
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's never a waste for fans to get to watch and root for star players on their favorite team. It wasn't a waste for LA to trade three inferior players for a generational talent -- even five years of Verdugo for 12 years of Betts -- because for those convinced Betts never would've signed in Boston, there are also those convinced the Dodgers made the deal with every intention of keeping him longterm (though nobody who isn't related to Mookie or employed by the clubs knows anything for certain). Except for posters who use this forum to get off by ripping other posters' opinions, few baseball fans care how many years of control their teams have on individual players. The only thing fans really have control of are their remotes, which they use to change the channel when what they're watching becomes irrelevant.
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    2024 MLB Player Hitting Stat Leaders | MLB.com WWW.MLB.COM The official source for player hitting stats, MLB home run leaders, batting average, OPS and stat leaders (logo in the top left corner has been the official insignia of the Major Leagues since 1969; some say it was designed after the likeness of Harmon Killebrew -- or the dislikeness, if you're an opposing pitcher)
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not all postseason moments are the same, but all are different than the regular season -- otherwise, the big leagues wouldn't keep separate statistics for each. And that reason can't be just because of counting stats, because batting averages, OPS and ERA are based on percentages. In the playoffs, you're facing the best teams, hitters, pitchers, and fielders -- but if that's not always true in the Wild Card Era, then at least each postseason series confronts ballplayers with the do-or-die pressures of elimination, with the season on the line. If you combined career postseason and regular season stats, certain great players would definitely rise above other really good players who for some reason performed at lesser levels (injuries, sweaty palms, coin flip distractions -- who knows!).
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Betts -- also a Hall of Famer on the bases, scoring runs, playing defense Verdugo -- kinda of kookie sometimes
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He'll get value, but don't look for equal value.Maybe that's because, in this century, Devers is unequaled in... XBH in 700 at bats or less through age 25 1 Rafael Devers 333 2 Mookie Betts 320 3 Grady Sizemore 314 4 Prince Fielder 307 5 Hanley Ramírez 295
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    While we're at it, let's ask Joe Torre how he could have the nerve to bat ARod, the AL MVP, eighth in his batting order in the '06 postseason. What does a guy like Torre know -- he was only an MVP himself in the majors, and a Hall of Fame manager.
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    All I'll say on this is ask teammates of say, ARod or George Brett if they ever considered their postseason games as "random."
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    There are plenty of ways to argue for or against the concept of "clutch." People who crunch numbers can offer quantitative data to show that good players are usually good, while bad guys are pretty much lousy. People who play the game, at various levels for most of their lives, can offer qualitative data to swear that certain good players are better than other good players in the biggest moments. Here is the list of big leaguers with at least 194 postseason PA in the divisional era. Note there's only one Hall of Famer -- Big Papi -- but a lot of future or borderline HOFers. 1 Carlos Beltrán 1.021 2 Albert Pujols 1.007 3 Nelson Cruz .979 4 Lance Berkman .949 5 David Ortiz .947 6 Manny Ramírez .937 7 Barry Bonds .936 8 Hideki Matsui .933 9 David Freese .919 10 Fred McGriff .917 11 Steve Garvey .910 12 Jose Altuve .907 13 Kiké Hernández .900
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